Memphis TN USCIS Office Reviews
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| Memphis TN |  Review #5259 on November 18, 2009: |
Shaun Barba
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Adjusting from J-1 (expired) to Permanent Resident through marriage:
I posted this on our September 2009 forum:
Our experience was absolutely painless. 10 minutes or so. The interviewer was very official at the beginning and chose (seemingly at random) several questions directed at my wife from the application. "What is your full name?" "What is your address?" "What is your father's and mother's first name?" "When is your birthday?" Then she asked if I had been previously married. She also asked what I believe to be kind of a trick question. My wife is here on a J1 and the interviewer asked where in the states she had enrolled in school. "You're a student right? Where are you enrolled in school?" My wife corrected her stating that she was here on work/travel but was a student when she applied for the J1. She then asked if we had any further evidence we'd like to add to the file supporting a bonafide marriage. We added our cell phone records, joint-bank records and copies of my 2010 medical plan information from work that included my wife.
The mood changed when we brought out the photo album. At first she didn't look at it, but then I reminded her that it was there. She smiled when she saw pictures of my wife and my children together. Then our family photo introduced some warmth.
She closed the album midway through saying "I have to put this down or I'll end up looking through the whole thing."
We then chatted about some current events like Oprah, Rhianna and prayer in public schools being taken out of Mississippi schools. Then also about some sites we could visit in Memphis while we were there.
Her departing statement was "I'm going to go ahead an grant your application. You should receive your card within 30 days. I hope you both have a great day."
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| Memphis TN | Review #4652 on June 29, 2009: |
bubakitty
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Our Interview was so easy!! It was only 10 min!
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| Memphis TN | Review #1810 on July 18, 2007: |
elgringo
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So we had our interview today in Memphis, TN.
Its a 3.5 hr drive down there, so we left at 8 AM to get there by our appt time of 2 PM (and give us plenty of time to eat, etc.)
We got to the parking lot of the building at about 1:30 PM, and went inside and passed through security. The guards told us to go through the first door and then go into the only open door on the right. It was super easy to find. (The building is very small, much smaller than what I was expecting, but anyways....)
I went in and put our appt letter in the slot in the wall. It said something like "Put your appt letter in this slot and then wait for your name to be called." So I put it in there and we sat down.
Our appt time was scheduled for 2 PM, but at about 1:40 (after only 5 minutes or so of waiting) a rather sour-looking white-haired man that was about 55 years old or so opened the door and called my wife's name. So we went into the back with him and followed him to his office. He told us to go in but to remain standing. He then shut the door and made us raise our right hands and go through the whole "nothing-but-the-truth" bit. smile.gif
Then the telephone on his desk rang. He excused himself and talked on the phone for a moment. He sounded like he was in kind of a hurry and said something like, "Yea I'll be there in a couple minutes. Yea, I'm almost finished here." etc etc.... Which I thought was a good sign, because if he was in a hurry then maybe he wouldnt ask too many questions and he would just approve us and let us go, which turned out to be the case. smile.gif
Then we sat down and he introduced himself (his name was Victor Morris.) The first thing he asked for was our IDs, so we both gave him our passports. Then he asked us how we met, and we briefly explained that we met while we were both studying at the same school in Mexico. Then I guess he noticed that my wife came in on a tourist visa and he asked us our intention was to get married when she came in on that visa last October. I told him "Of course not. smile.gif " And that was the end of that subject. smile.gif
Then he asked my wife what our current address was and she told him, and then he asked her if it was a house and she said yes. Then he asked me if we had any photos or documentation that proved that we had an ongoing relationship, so my wife got out the 2 photo albums we brought while I looked through our paperwork. He looked at the photos from when my wife had visited the States for the past 2 years and made a few remarks about them. For example, he saw the photos from when we went to St. Louis and he asked us if we went up in the Arch and we told him yes and he said that he didnt like it because it was scary and the elevators were tiny, etc. We basically just made some small talk about the photos for 2 min or so.
Then when he was done looking at the 2 albums (he said that was "more than enough" photos smile.gif ) I passed him the documentation he wanted, which basically only consisted of 3 things. (I'm still in college and dont have a "real job" yet so we dont own our own house or have health insurance or anything like that yet.) I gave him a bank statement from our bank that had the account thats in both of our names on it. It has her maiden name on it, but I just explained to him that our bank wouldnt let us put her married name on there until she had her driver's license, and we couldnt get the driver's license until she had her GC, etc, and he said that was fine. Then I showed him a copy of our car title thats in both of our names and the insurance for the car thats in both of our names, and he looked at all of that.
Then he said that everything was fine, and the the green card that she would receive in the mail in 1-2 weeks would only be for 2 years, and that we might have to come back in 2 years for another interview to get the 10 year one. I was like "Wait, so that means she's approved then?" And he said, "Yea." So I asked him if her name check had already went through and he said yea. I told him that was good because I had read online (here on VJ of course smile.gif ) where some people get stuck in the name check for a long time, and he said that that does happen sometimes and people can get stuck for "years" but that that hadnt happened with my wife because her name check had already went through. smile.gif Yay! smile.gif
Sooooo then I asked him if we could get a stamp in her passport and he said no, but that she should have her actual GC in her hands within 2 weeks. smile.gif
The weird thing was, I thought I had read on here before where people say that they take your I-94 and your EAD, but he only took my wife's I-94. He let us keep the EAD and told us to just throw it away or whatever when we get the GC, which I thought was strange, but I guess that dont take the EAD then? smile.gif
So anyways, thats my story of our interview from Memphis today. I hope it helps some of you guys out. It was a looooootttt of driving for a 10 min interview. Like I said, the interview was supposed to be at 2, but we started at 1:45 and were out of there by 1:55. smile.gif
It was a very painless process I must say. We got all worked up over nothing.
Cant wait for the GC to arrive in the mail now!!! smile.gif
Thx VJ! 
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| Memphis TN | Review #1739 on June 27, 2007: |
Melvin
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The Officer was clearly aggressive and confrontational in posture. The civil surgeon had not responded to all the sections on the medical form which caused us to acquire more information. The Officer asked my wife a few questions to confirm her response matched the completed information then asked for a copy of our 2006 tax return and my birth certificate and the interview was over in 10 minutes. He gave us a blue sheet of paper which indicated we were to send the medical information back to Memphis within 30 days. We Fedex'ed the information to him the same day and are waiting for a ruling. We are not required to go back for another interview according to the Officer.
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| Memphis TN | Review #1497 on April 13, 2007: |
shoe
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The interviewr seemed mean at first butit was just a front coz later we were all laughing and he shook our hands at the end of the interviwe which was breeze in itself.Thank the Lord for he is faithful.
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